Dave Plowman (News) wrote:
In article ,
The Natural Philosopher wrote:
The Germans and then the Japs started the ball rolling when they
installed really good automatic lathes and grinders to polish and shape
parts to exact tolerances, and then when they also used top grade
materials, their engines started to last, and British ones did not.

Too much of a generalization.

I was there.

VW 10k service interval

BL 3k service interval

Toyota 9K service interval.

Which one isn't there any more?